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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Shiroiken" data-source="post: 6942974" data-attributes="member: 6775477">It's because the cap was 20d6. Doubling might be easier to articulate, but I feel the triangular numbers seem to work better.The problem is the number of dice required to roll. IRL games generally don't want to roll 20d6 for falling damage, so 150d6 for real terminal velocity is nuts. If you want a more realistic system for falling, you'd probably want to set up a system that has a cap of damage, then require a Con Saving throw based on the distance fallen. For example:Falling deals 1d6 cumulative bludgeoning damage per 10' fallen to a maximum of 60'. If you fall beyond that you are reduced to 0 HP and must make a Con Save DC: 10+ 1/10' beyond 100'. If you fail you are Dying, and if you fail by 5 or more, you are Dead. The maximum distance and damage may be modified by the DM based on the surface fallen on to.This is just a rough idea, but you should get the picture. Falls are dangerous, and no one take a huge fall and just gets back up and shrugs it off.</blockquote>